Google Being Sued for Failing to Ban Fraudulent Mobile Ads
June 4, 2008 11:25 AM | Google | Comments (0)
| Google is being sued for refusing to ban online ads from fraudulent mobile services, despite evident ad policy violations. The case is a result of New Jersey resident Jenna Goddard who claims she used Google to search for the keyword "ringtone" and related terms in December 2007. When she clicked on an AdWords ad, she was taken to a fraudulent mobile subscription services web sites which failed to display pricing information as required by Google's mobile services ad policy. When Jenna Goddard entered her phone number the sites promising free content, her mobile account was charged for "unwanted mobile content services in the form of 'premium text messages.' " The incident has turned into a class-action lawsuit on behalf of others believed to have been subject to deceptive cell phone services that have been advertised on Google. |  |
